The Inlaid Drawing Room

The Inlaid Drawing Room at Mawley is more reminiscent of the most ornately decorated rococo rooms of Bavaria than any contemporary rooms in English Country Houses.

The inlaid work consists of over a dozen different materials, brass, ebony, ivory, magnolia, maple, sycamore, teak, tulip wood and walnut among others. While subject matter varies from exotic animals, such as cheetahs and peacocks, to the patron’s coat of arms

The floor of The Inlaid Drawing Room is equally remarkable with its interlocking isometric shapes, predominantly made out of mahogany.

Detail of frieze above doorway